GWU women's basketball schedule released

Published: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 at 11:22 PM.

The Gardner-Webb women’s basketball team will count on that during the 2013-14 regular season. The Lady Runnin’ Bulldogs will host 15 home games next season, the school announced this week.

Ten of the Runnin’ Bulldogs’ 15 home games come in Big South Conference play, while Gardner-Webb’s first four games of the season are also in the friendly confines of Paul Porter Arena.

“We are always excited to have the chance to continue to play our regional non-conference rivals such as Davidson, Appalachian State, UNC Greensboro, North Carolina Central, Wofford and Kennesaw State,” GWU head coach Rick Reeves said.“On top of those regional non-conference games, we will also play in a very strong tournament in Dayton, Ohio, prior to the Christmas Break, against teams such as Wright State, Bradley and Lipscomb.

“Overall we hope that our very challenging non-conference schedule will prepare us for our tough Big South Conference games, which this season will start in early December with games at Coastal Carolina and Presbyterian.”

GWU tips off the season with four straight home games over a two-week span in early November.

The Gardner-Webb women’s basketball team will count on that during the 2013-14 regular season. The Lady Runnin’ Bulldogs will host 15 home games next season, the school announced this week.

Ten of the Runnin’ Bulldogs’ 15 home games come in Big South Conference play, while Gardner-Webb’s first four games of the season are also in the friendly confines of Paul Porter Arena.

“We are always excited to have the chance to continue to play our regional non-conference rivals such as Davidson, Appalachian State, UNC Greensboro, North Carolina Central, Wofford and Kennesaw State,” GWU head coach Rick Reeves said.“On top of those regional non-conference games, we will also play in a very strong tournament in Dayton, Ohio, prior to the Christmas Break, against teams such as Wright State, Bradley and Lipscomb.

“Overall we hope that our very challenging non-conference schedule will prepare us for our tough Big South Conference games, which this season will start in early December with games at Coastal Carolina and Presbyterian.”

GWU tips off the season with four straight home games over a two-week span in early November.

The Runnin’ Bulldogs will then will host UNC Greensboro on Nov. 11, Kennesaw State three days later (Nov. 14), both of those with 7 p.m. starts.

Gardner-Webb wraps up its four-game season-opening homestand Nov. 19 when it hosts Appalachian State at 5:30 p.m. as part of a doubleheader with the men’s basketball team in Paul Porter Arena.

GWU starts its Big South Conference slate with back-to-back league bouts on the road — at Coastal Carolina on Dec. 5 and at Presbyterian College on Dec. 7.

Gardner-Webb’s only home game in December is Dec. 14 against rival Wofford College at 4:30 p.m., again as part of a doubleheader with the men’s team.

The Runnin’ Bulldogs will then head to Dayton, Ohio, for the Wright State Invitational Dec. 20-21. GWU opens against host Wright State on Dec. 20, then will face either Bradley or Lipscomb the next day.

After the holiday break, the Runnin’ Bulldogs jump back into Big South Conference play with a road tilt at UNC Asheville on Dec. 28. GWU kicks off the 2014 calendar year with back-to-back home contests versus conference foes Radford (Jan. 2) and Winthrop (Jan. 4).

Gardner-Webb wraps up its regular-season schedule with a home contest versus Charleston Southern on March 1 at 3 p.m.

The VisitMytrleBeach.com 2014 Big South Women’s Basketball Championship will again be held March 5-9 on the campus of Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C.